Clara Swarr

A 4"x6" glass plate negative, portrait photograph of Clara Swarr, Friend, Nebraska, wearing wire-rimmed glasses, a dark gored skirt and matching jacket with princess-cut bodice, gusset from shoulder seam to bust line of horizontally pleated fabric accented with a row of covered buttons, a fabric tab with a row of covered buttons extending from the neck to the bust and a row of black and white trim edging the jacket opening, wide shoulders and exaggerated pleated sleeve cap on the tapered sleeve, wide cuff with several rows of stitching and a row of covered buttons, white blouse with stand collar, black leather gloves and a black hat with turned up brim, black ostrich feathers, silk flowers and ribbons.